Hehe, good libre swag for the mantelpiece! :)
:) I concur. You actually did raise the price on me I think. No? I was
actually going to stop at $150 USD and unless my memory is in error I think
you bid $200 USD which forced me up to $225 USD.
And a bidding war with you could have been fun. ;)
Even if I didn't win, it would have helped to drive the price up and helped
Rubén.
That just wasn't going to happen! Did you see the video of the bidding war I
was in with myself @ GNU 30th? I forget what the final number was now... but
I'm pretty sure it ended up at least 10 times higher than anybody else was
prepared to shell out. It's hard to fault me when the money's go
I placed the winning bid for the mask. The incense holder was a gift. I had
given serious thought of outbidding Chris for the shield too. ;)
I won the silent auction @ just $225 USD (paid in bitcoins of course!) and
now this beautiful piece of work hangs above my desk! Jason won the very cool
mask (a ceramic replica of the plastic masks which have been frequently worn
by occupy protesters around the world). Maybe he'll post a pict